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This chapter offers a brief exegesis of Durkheim's theory of misrecognition, a component of his work that has received little attention. Although he never explicitly employed the term misrecognition, it accurately describes a basic idea seen in all of his major works and many of his minor ones. The analysis of this concept is germane to this inquiry in the following respects. First, this theme is found in everything that irks students and scholars about Durkheimian theory. Second, within the notion of misrecognition are a variety of pedagogical orientations which may be of use to those who...

This chapter offers a brief exegesis of Durkheim's theory of misrecognition, a component of his work that has received little attention. Although he never explicitly employed the term misrecognition, it accurately describes a basic idea seen in all of his major works and many of his minor ones. The analysis of this concept is germane to this inquiry in the following respects. First, this theme is found in everything that irks students and scholars about Durkheimian theory. Second, within the notion of misrecognition are a variety of pedagogical orientations which may be of use to those who lecture on theory.